Though the fact that the system had confirmed his ascension to Rank 4 made him jubilant, that jubilation immediately died down when he found out that he'd spent over a hundred million XP just to go up one level.
With that in mind, the young man's thoughts returned to the tribulations he'd gotten after having himself be recognized as a True Defier of Fate.
Thinking about the actions he did to become a True Defier of Fate, Valyr felt that they weren't all that special.
After all, all he did to be recognized by the system as a Junior Defier of Fate was that he used the Records Vaughn had given him to ascend to a High Human instead of relying on the system.
On the other hand, the action he did to become True Defier of Fate was far simpler, which was just him resisting against the Alltide's energy from forming a mark on his back.